172K–280K USD / year
Senior Backend Engineer | Accounting
BackendHybrid — New York, NY
Published on 2026-10-21
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About this role
Build backend systems that help finance teams categorize, reconcile, and sync financial activity into their accounting records. Own complex projects from design through production, improving the accuracy and reliability of accounting workflows across Ramp products.
About the company
Ramp is a financial automation platform that provides companies with tools to manage expenses, optimize procurement, and improve financial workflows. It serves businesses looking to streamline their financial processes and enhance visibility into spending.
The team
Accounting team
What you'll do
- Build backend services, APIs, and data models for accounting workflows.
- Make financial data accurate, traceable, and resilient through coding, reconciliation, and sync.
- Improve reliability and visibility across workflows linking Ramp with customers’ accounting systems.
- Own projects through design, implementation, launch, monitoring, and iteration.
- Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and mentorship.
What we're looking for
- Experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows.
- Strong system design judgment, especially around data correctness and reliability.
- Track record of independently owning complex projects and shipping high-quality software.
- Ability to investigate issues across services and data flows and deliver durable improvements.
- Clear communication and a collaborative approach to technical decisions and feedback.
Nice to have
- Experience with accounting, payments, spend management, or other financial data products.
- Familiarity with coding, reconciliation, or general ledger concepts.
- Experience building integrations or data workflows that keep information consistent across systems.
Benefits
- Equity offered.
- Flexible PTO.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with full employee coverage in the US.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Parental leave of up to 16 weeks at 100% pay for birthing and bonding, or 8 weeks for bonding only.
- Relocation expense coverage to NYC or San Francisco, if needed.